Wiscasset News Briefs and Local Notices
Local items report tax rate at 50 mills and tax collection steps, plus community events: Wiscasset Fire Society meeting at Henry E. Darling’s home, memorial notices for Richard Hawley Tucker, Cross Red Cross swim classes schedule, and sidewalk repairs on Gidec and Main streets. Also noted are ship launch attendees in Bath and local residents’ travel and family news.
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Philip
Inohn L. Blagdon
Henry E. Darling
Wiscasset Fire Society
Syed
Roy R. Trace
Rines
Lawrence B. Haggett
E. Cowley
Richmond White
Leon G. Flood
W. Munsey
John F. Jackson
Evans
Eugene Mivrath
William H. Burton
Har- A. Campbell
Leslie A. Sylvan
Richard E. Kimball
al- M.norton
A. M. G. Soule
Arth A. Nichols
Hen E. Darling
Red Cross
Wiscasset
Main
Mike Madas Tors
Organ Society of
The
Congregational Church
Chester Pendleton
Bevis Sland
Iessonat
John S. McCain
Bath
Robert P. Frazier
Maine General Hosiital
Portland
Viviness Dunn
Cali
Bath Road
Boylston Hutchins
Paul and
Scein
Camboa
Canal Zone
Henry Dyer
Hodge Street
Bella Frazier
Harrison
Camp Pinecliffe
St. Philip's Rectory
Mr. Zier
William Frazier
I. F. Scott
Elizabeth Frazier
W. West Frazier
Mr. Dyer
Leigh Campell
Harold A. Campbell
Earl Haror
Rcester
Government Units in the United States Decline Since 1942
The Bureau of the Census tallies 119 645 government units including federal, state and local bodies. Since 1942 the count fell by about 36 000 due mainly to fewer school districts over nine years. Nine states accounted for more than the nation, with 9 309 units.
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United States
Bureau of the Census
Bath Bath residents urge curbs on Carlton bridge whistle blasts
North End Bath residents won a Public Utilities commission ruling against excessive locomotive whistles at York and Pearl crossings. They now push to modify or end whistle and light signals at the Carlton bridge draw where the U S Army Corps of Engineers requires automatic blasts and lights from ship approach until acknowledgment. The prolonged blasts annoy shore residents especially at the South End.
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North End
Public Utilities Commission
York
Pearl Street
Bath
Carlton Bridge
U. S. Army Corps of Eng
Pine Haven Camp Large Registration
Pine Haven Day Camp begins its summer season with higher registration than last year. A special Wednesday schedule runs 1 30 p m to 7 45 p m with a campfire at 6 30 p m and families invited for a picnic supper.
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Pine Haven
Meadowbrook guests and summer visitors at Brightwater and Bath cottages
A series of social notes from Meadowbrook listing visits by families from Plainfield Bath Topsham and New York including Geoffrey Gould Kathy Ann Glennis Shelia and Walter Perry. Notable mentions include the Davises of Connecticut at Brightwater 28 years of prior summers and the McCain destroyer launch at Bath Iron Works with Lester Beals USN in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Gould
Kathy Ann
Plainfield
N. J
Mr. Gould
Brightwater
Clifton Pye
Glennis
Bath
Jay K. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Andrew Flaherty, Jr
Flaherty
Gardiner Rogers
Douglas Senecal
Shelia
Arthur Smith
Stoneybrook Road
Merton Snipe
Clarence Haley
Topsham
Dudley
Leavitt
Robert Perry
New York
Walter Scott
Neeham
Mass
Nancy Perry
Welleley
T. C. Hughes
Charles Coombs
Walter
Jerome Davis
Connecticut
Phippsburg
Lester Beals
Clinton Beals
Glycerine Uses for Household Care
Glycerine keeps hands from chapping when kept by the kitchen sink. A teaspoon per quart of warm water helps woolen fabrics stay soft. It also lubricates food heaters and grinders.
News and Notes from Kennebec Neighbors
Community notices from Bath Woolwich Arrowsie and Day's Ferry include visits by Norman Nye and Willard Oldrieve, hosting by the Montswgea Extension, a sewing machine clinic, a Day's Ferry barbecue, and summer visits to Augusta. Local households share entertainments, coffee events, and garden weather concerns as hay harvests press on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Nye
Cleveland
Ohio
Bath
Brian Jewett
Day's Ferry
Sidney
Woolwich
Willard Oldrieve
Malden
Mass
Brian M. Jewett
Montsweag Extension Association
Day’s Ferry
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Boston
Carroll Morse
Augusta
Wedding of Miss Helen Avis Flint and E C Kidder Jr
The ceremony at the church featured vows by Daniel W. Staffeld. The bride, in a navy printed sheer with yellow rose cascade, was escorted by her father Roy W. Wilson as best man K E Kidder and Berkley N. Henley stood with him. The couple plans to reside in Bath after a wedding trip.
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Helen Avis Flint
E. C. Kidder, Jr
Daniel W. Staffeld
Roy W. Wilson
K. E. Kidder
Berkley N. Henley
Jessie Spaulding
Merle Jameson
Mechanic Falls High School
J. C. Tyler
Mechanic Falls
Stephens High School
Rumford
Bath Iron Works
Kidderch
Bath
B. G. Henley
Lynda
B. N. Henley
Cynthia Flint
Jean M. Henley
Sebasco
Five Islands
Stanley E. Wallace
Popham Beach
Carolyn E. Robinson
Peru
Annual Service at Head Tide Church
The Head Tide Meeting House will hold its annual service Sunday July 27 at 3 00 p m Rev Robert P Frazier of Wiscasset and Rev Rensell Colby of Wiscasset will participate Dr Lawrence Averill will give a brief historical address The service is under the Committee on Restoration and Preservation and a public invitation is extended
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Head Tide
Head Tide
Robert P. Frazier
Wiscasset
Rensell Colby
Lawrence Averill
Committee On
Rethinking Early Humans Size in Historical Views
Modern scholars reject the old belief that ancient humans were universally colossal and that later people were small. Recent centuries have shown little to support the notion of a giant ancestral line or dwarfed contemporaries.
Harvesters 4-H Club Sets July Meetings At Local School
The Harvesters 4-H club will meet at Littlefield school on July 25 at 7 30 PM for a safety movie program. A July 24 meeting is listed for the Freshment committee with Jeanne Fowden Ida Stover Carolyn Rogers Lillie Donnell Barbara Lee Hazel White Peggy Williams and Barbara Lee serving as organizers. The piece also notes numerous social visits and family travels across Bath, Boothbay, Sebasco, and nearby towns, including trips to Bailey Island and aElks convention in New York with local residents visiting relatives and attending community gatherings.
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Norman Drummond
Arrowsie
Leila Rosenwald
Evelyn Ater
Natalie Steen
Adele Mazeiko
Gertrude Phinney
Florence Hogan
Carol Ainsworth
Marion Rittall
Alice Cote
Lillian Gowen
Muriel Preble
Georgie Walker
Maxine Boyd
Mina Snipe
Marcia Boyd
Emma Walker
Carl Rosenwald
Boston
Rosenwald
Georgetown Road
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
David
Peter Waltz
Maplewood
N. J
Chester Leeman
Barley Neck
Melissa Main
Bath
Jennie Howe
The
River Road
Arthur Beane
Detroit
Mich
Beane
Allen
Roberta Beane
Boothbay Harbor
William McPhee
Kay
Kay Beane
Hazel Brown
Lawrence R. Vail
Jeanne Fowden
Ida Stover
Carolyn Rogers
Lillie Donnell
Barbara Lee
Hazel White
Peggy Williams
Bar Bara Lee
Harvesters
Littlefield School
Richard Belanger
John Belanger, Jr
Frank Avery
Dorothy Avery
Bailey Island
Joseph Larrabee
Edward McMann
New York
Russell Stover
Carole
Boothbay
Fred Bubier
Edward McGuiggan
Jennifer
Courtney Stover
Beverly Ring
Lauren Wallace
Sebasco
Vid Ring
Larrabee’s Town
Alfred Mason
A Dale
Hallowell
Annie Towle
Swan Island
Edward
Vaneta Estes
Robert Boudreau
Kathy
Needham
Mass
Philip Boudreau
Floral Street
Marshall Boudreau
Robert
Jeanette
Beach
Francis W. Stover
Christine
Falls Church
Jeeee Stover
Fanny
Edward Robichaud
Catherine Bressette
Massachusetts
Peece Fred Bubier
Bubier
Frank Donnell
Whitman
Earle Donnell
West Bath Grange evening program features varied readings and music
Lecturer Marguer ite Mulcahy present ed the program opening with community singing. Dorothy Eseley read Definition of a Dirt Farmer and Verl McNally answered What are the characteristics of a American. Mike Ford played piano solos Birth of the Blues and Honeysuckle Rose. Doris Doughty sang Forever and a Day and If Tears Drops Were Pennies. Clarence Minott won Penny March. Dancing followed with Carver’s orchestra.
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West Bath Grange
Marguerite Mulcahy
New York
Laforest Coombs
Dorothy Eseley
Verl McNally
A Collins
William Small
Mike Ford
Florence McCall
Penny March
Clarence Minott
Calvin Taylor
Doris Doughty
Donald Coombs
Carver
Japanese Treaty Sets Threshold of Restored Sovereignty
Ten years after Pearl Harbor Japan stands at the threshold of restored sovereignty by virtue of a peace treaty signed in San Francisco by 48 non Communist nations. The treaty takes effect after official ratification by the Japanese government and the United States plus six other Allied participants in the Pacific war.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
United States
Native Custom in Barbados Divorce House Division
In Barbados a native custom splits worldly goods equally after separation. The husband takes his portion including half the house, while the wife boards up the open side and remains living in the so called divorce house.
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Barbados
Sanford Sed Pliky Race Recounts Sailors and Finishes
The report notes Sanford Nickergon's white hulled Lana skippered Buccaneeree leading early. Birch Point Nev erson and Eastman’s Point schooners placed, while Dennison of Rich's Mountain did not finish. Langbein's Beetle won Second Class with Kelley’s watercraft close behind and Chuncky and Turk contending for second.
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Sanford Nickergon
Oues Point
Charles Eastman
Na Dennison
Rich’s Mountain
Carl Langbehn
E. Kelley
Htwater
Bill Small
Brigham’s Cove
Turk
Bath golfers win four ball tourney at Wilson Lake
Mrs B Seitziner of Penobscot Valley CC and Howard Mayo of Bath CC won the annual four ball event sponsored by the Women's State Golf Association at Wilson Lake Country Club. The Bath pair placed second with a 71 in the scoring, and a 90 72 net secured a close finish.
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B. Seitziner
Penobscot Valley Country Club
Howard Mayo
Bath Country Club
Wilson Lake County Club
Payer
and ‘Tre
Ten Buck
Bath Country
Mack Harned
Segran
Gruyere Cheese Used For Infant Digestive Issues
A French physician suggests Gruyere cheese can aid infants with intestinal disturbances. He begins feeding at six months, citing its high protein calcium and phosphorus content and typical penicillium mold presence.
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Gruyere
Bath Savings Institution to Hold 100th Annual Meeting
The Bath Savings Institution will hold its 100th annual meeting on June 21 following the cooperative’s business session. Gina Thompson, formerly of Bath, now serves as president of Kay West Penn Electric Co. and holds director roles at several banks and New York hospitals.
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Bath Savings Institution
Ee Vest
Eeperation
Thompson
Bath
Will Oetive
Sekar
Kay West Penn Electric Co
New Yor City
New York
Bath Woman Cleared by Municipal Court in Ham Charge
Edith Nash of Bath faced a municipal court proceeding in Bath with Judge Gar Diner Deering. The Bath woman was found innocent after a short hearing. Complainant Arthur E. Tainter presented the case. Two other motorists paid fines totaling 4.70 dollars. Street names and exact details appeared in the record, along with patrolman Joseph Babine as a witness.
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Edith P. Nash
Maine “Central
Partridge Cemetery Association Honors Loved Member
Resolutions express sympathy for the death of a respected community member. A committee notes the loss, extends condolences to relatives, and directs copies of the resolutions to local papers for publication.
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Partridge Cemetery Association
Bath
Jarreile
Altes L. Galvin
Card of Thanks for funeral flowers and kindness
The family expresses sincere thanks to all friends, neighbors, and Five for the beautiful floral tributes and acts of kindness during our recent bereavement for Charles M. Centre.
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Jene
Charles M
Higher Math For Life Solve With Love And Truth
A reflective column urges applying mathematical verbs to life. It frames adding love, subtracting hate, multiplying good, and dividing truth from error as a practical guide for daily decision making. The piece emphasizes moral arithmetic over cynicism.
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Kennebec
Alta Robson
Murphy Corner Road
Marcia Knight
Marjorie Soule
Janice Berry
Gladys Shaw
Minnie Small
Gertrude Stacy
Miriam Shuster
Geraldine Edgerly
Ina Leeman
Ruby Stinson
Margaret Wagstaff
Charlotte Leeman
Wayne
Marion Berry
Florence Hathorne
Ruth Leeman
Knight
Berry
Louise
Leonard Stilphen
Rosalie
Leanna Hathorne
Carol
Russell Tanner
Martha
Stephen Allen
Bate Reta
Clarence Tanner
Arthur Allen
Edwold Carter
Haley
Charles Powers
Saga Ferry
Harry Smith
Skowie
Joe Rand Dex
Ellsworth Barker
McCain
Earl Conaase
Earl, Jr
Ethel May
York Harbor
Galiley
Gainsley
James Kce
Day’s
P Sor
Jensen
Nelson Rice
Ferry
Samuel Frink
Richmond
Paul Olson
Hilding Earl
Stamford
Ralph Reynolds
Hyde Windlass Co
Weich and Arrowsic
Reynolds
Arrowsic
Chester Grover
Wendy Carlene
Presley
Raymond Wallace
Earl Dow
Sagadahock
Robinhood
Beatrice Marsh
Edwin Marsh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Costello P
Edward Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Broiler T
Belfast
Jello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Percy Bailey
Ace
Mrs
Raymond Gentilemi
Betty Belanger
Francis Eastman
Bath and
West
Ethel Burns
Gladys Pie
William Moore
U.S
Camp Devens
Arthur Deehan
New Meadows
Willian Hao Moore
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Irving
Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
Irving Burnham
William Caylor
Ann
Far and Near Missionary Society
Corliss Street
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Sanford
Ieee
Wilson Lake
Herc's
Ballantine
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark, N. J
Twtapt St Bn
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